Matthew Smith
@indigojo.bsky.social
Blogger at http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/
Photography at http://www.flickr.com/indigojo
Muslim from south-west London. Truck driver. Tweets (and blogs) on Muslim, disability, tech and road issues.
Photography at http://www.flickr.com/indigojo
Muslim from south-west London. Truck driver. Tweets (and blogs) on Muslim, disability, tech and road issues.
Reposted by Matthew Smith
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- On defending or abolishing ICE (and the police, and why one can be done and the other can't):
On defunding or abolishing ICE
Somali women giving out samosas to anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis (source: Mukhtar, X). Imagine that there was a boarding school where children were being abused on a daily basis; where bullyin…
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February 4, 2026 at 9:21 PM
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- On defending or abolishing ICE (and the police, and why one can be done and the other can't):
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- On defending or abolishing ICE (and the police, and why one can be done and the other can't):
On defunding or abolishing ICE
Somali women giving out samosas to anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis (source: Mukhtar, X). Imagine that there was a boarding school where children were being abused on a daily basis; where bullyin…
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February 4, 2026 at 9:21 PM
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- On defending or abolishing ICE (and the police, and why one can be done and the other can't):
Listened to an interview with the director of a musical about Händel and Hendrix (who lived at neighbouring addresses in London) and she didn't know how to pronounce Händel.
The first syllables of Händel and Hendrix are the same.
The first syllables of Händel and Hendrix are the same.
February 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Listened to an interview with the director of a musical about Händel and Hendrix (who lived at neighbouring addresses in London) and she didn't know how to pronounce Händel.
The first syllables of Händel and Hendrix are the same.
The first syllables of Händel and Hendrix are the same.
What happened in #Hounslow just now then? Two cop cars and four or five ambulances all with blue lights flashing behind the shopping centre at the Grove/Hanworth Road junction.
February 2, 2026 at 2:42 PM
What happened in #Hounslow just now then? Two cop cars and four or five ambulances all with blue lights flashing behind the shopping centre at the Grove/Hanworth Road junction.
Anyone else notice that in last night's #Casualty, the word 'rape' wasn't mentioned even once despite that being the whole story?
The closest it got was Siobhan saying she'd been attacked then gone to a 'SARC' (sex abuse referral centre). Most people don't know what that means.
The closest it got was Siobhan saying she'd been attacked then gone to a 'SARC' (sex abuse referral centre). Most people don't know what that means.
February 1, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Anyone else notice that in last night's #Casualty, the word 'rape' wasn't mentioned even once despite that being the whole story?
The closest it got was Siobhan saying she'd been attacked then gone to a 'SARC' (sex abuse referral centre). Most people don't know what that means.
The closest it got was Siobhan saying she'd been attacked then gone to a 'SARC' (sex abuse referral centre). Most people don't know what that means.
Has anyone else tried to join #Upscrolled but hasn't received their confirmation email hours after registering?
January 27, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Has anyone else tried to join #Upscrolled but hasn't received their confirmation email hours after registering?
It's not just cars that are affected by invasive bus lanes, LTNs and similar fads; truck drivers are as well.
And "congestion for cars" means congestion for pedestrians and residents.
And "congestion for cars" means congestion for pedestrians and residents.
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods increased London congestion, TfL says
Extra bus lanes and low-traffic zones increased congestion for private cars, TfL says.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 12:42 PM
It's not just cars that are affected by invasive bus lanes, LTNs and similar fads; truck drivers are as well.
And "congestion for cars" means congestion for pedestrians and residents.
And "congestion for cars" means congestion for pedestrians and residents.
Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - Who counts? What the Craig Guildford affair says about racism in the UK.
Who counts?
A Maccabi Tel Aviv fan gives a Nazi salute at a match in Stuttgart, Germany Last week the chief constable of West Midlands Police, Craig Guildford, retired after admitting presenting inaccurate inf…
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January 19, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - Who counts? What the Craig Guildford affair says about racism in the UK.
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Who counts? (How a British police chief was hounded out of his job for looking after Muslims.) www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...
Who counts?
A Maccabi Tel Aviv fan gives a Nazi salute at a match in Stuttgart, Germany Last week the chief constable of West Midlands Police, Craig Guildford, retired after admitting presenting inaccurate inf…
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January 18, 2026 at 10:59 PM
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Who counts? (How a British police chief was hounded out of his job for looking after Muslims.) www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...
That said, there used to be an "independent grammar school" in Croydon which was in two delapidated houses with a third in between which was derelict, and shut down in 1994 after a safety inspection. It was a fire trap and they couldn't afford to fix it. #Casualty
January 17, 2026 at 9:37 PM
That said, there used to be an "independent grammar school" in Croydon which was in two delapidated houses with a third in between which was derelict, and shut down in 1994 after a safety inspection. It was a fire trap and they couldn't afford to fix it. #Casualty
So #Casualty is doing a story on a collapsed school roof and it's a slate roof on a grammar school - not the RAAC roofs on postwar schools which are actually liable to collapse.
January 17, 2026 at 9:30 PM
So #Casualty is doing a story on a collapsed school roof and it's a slate roof on a grammar school - not the RAAC roofs on postwar schools which are actually liable to collapse.
The Sun gets its priorities right: the pub industry just can't survive if drink driving allowances are reduced, public safety be damned.
January 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The Sun gets its priorities right: the pub industry just can't survive if drink driving allowances are reduced, public safety be damned.
How is it that petrol prices are going down, despite the attack on one oil producer (Venezuela) and civil unrest in another (Iran)? Usually when there's war or tension in oil-producing countries, the price goes up.
January 5, 2026 at 4:23 PM
How is it that petrol prices are going down, despite the attack on one oil producer (Venezuela) and civil unrest in another (Iran)? Usually when there's war or tension in oil-producing countries, the price goes up.
Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - Hierarchitis (on how hierarchy stops being efficient and becomes harmful):
Hierarchitis
Recently I listened to two BBC podcasts in the Crime Next Door strand. One was about the kidnapping of Lesley Whittle, the teenage daughter of a local bus company boss, in the mid 1970s by a notori…
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January 5, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - Hierarchitis (on how hierarchy stops being efficient and becomes harmful):
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Hierarchitis (when hierarchies are upheld and justice not, and its consequences): www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...
Hierarchitis
Recently I listened to two BBC podcasts in the Crime Next Door strand. One was about the kidnapping of Lesley Whittle, the teenage daughter of a local bus company boss, in the mid 1970s by a notori…
www.blogistan.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Hierarchitis (when hierarchies are upheld and justice not, and its consequences): www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...
Just driven from New Malden to Croydon and back and some of the roads are scary. We had a dusting of snow two nights ago and some of the roads and pavements as still skid pans. Waitrose car park in Worcester Park is in parts dry and in parts icy. Was told it's the council's
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January 3, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Just driven from New Malden to Croydon and back and some of the roads are scary. We had a dusting of snow two nights ago and some of the roads and pavements as still skid pans. Waitrose car park in Worcester Park is in parts dry and in parts icy. Was told it's the council's
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An Instagram post featuring my first attempt at pilau rice. (Picture in thread.)
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December 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
An Instagram post featuring my first attempt at pilau rice. (Picture in thread.)
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The people clamouring for Alaa Abdel-Fattah to be stripped of his birthright citizenship on grounds of anti-British tweets are not giving the British a good name with their opinions on Anthony Joshua and his two departed friends.
December 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The people clamouring for Alaa Abdel-Fattah to be stripped of his birthright citizenship on grounds of anti-British tweets are not giving the British a good name with their opinions on Anthony Joshua and his two departed friends.
Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - Kemi Badenoch and the know-nothing right (on her idiotic, racist response to the government's anti-VAWG initiative, with a roll-call of silent feminists):
Badenoch and the know-nothing right
Last week, the government announced a new initiative to combat misogyny among young men, targeting both schoolchildren and teachers. The £20m programme will include training for teachers to “…
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December 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - Kemi Badenoch and the know-nothing right (on her idiotic, racist response to the government's anti-VAWG initiative, with a roll-call of silent feminists):
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Badenoch and the know-nothing Right (a critique of the Tory leader's absurd suggestion that misogyny and #VAWG are an imported problem):
Badenoch and the know-nothing right
Last week, the government announced a new initiative to combat misogyny among young men, targeting both schoolchildren and teachers. The £20m programme will include training for teachers to “…
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December 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Badenoch and the know-nothing Right (a critique of the Tory leader's absurd suggestion that misogyny and #VAWG are an imported problem):
Haven't had brussels sprouts in years, so I bought some today to chop up and mix in with other things (because the "meat & two veg" context isn't the only use for them). Couldn't believe how cheap they were: 70p a kilo, or 17p for enough for two meals.
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December 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Haven't had brussels sprouts in years, so I bought some today to chop up and mix in with other things (because the "meat & two veg" context isn't the only use for them). Couldn't believe how cheap they were: 70p a kilo, or 17p for enough for two meals.
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Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - When a fallacy isn't (how arguments which are fallacies in academia have legitimate real-world uses):
When a fallacy isn’t
Last weekend I saw a set of pictures on Instagram with the lead picture containing the headline “The Ten Most Dangerous Logical Fallacies”. The author, Sahil Bloom (author of a book cal…
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December 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - When a fallacy isn't (how arguments which are fallacies in academia have legitimate real-world uses):
Reposted by Matthew Smith
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- When a fallacy isn't (why arguments that fail in academia are valid in the real world): www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...
When a fallacy isn’t
Last weekend I saw a set of pictures on Instagram with the lead picture containing the headline “The Ten Most Dangerous Logical Fallacies”. The author, Sahil Bloom (author of a book cal…
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December 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- When a fallacy isn't (why arguments that fail in academia are valid in the real world): www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...
Please remember when sharing pictures from #Sudan and other countries where there are wars, genocides or similar, that naked pictures of children (meaning under-18s) are illegal to reproduce or share in the UK and many other places.
December 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Please remember when sharing pictures from #Sudan and other countries where there are wars, genocides or similar, that naked pictures of children (meaning under-18s) are illegal to reproduce or share in the UK and many other places.
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- When a fallacy isn't (why arguments that fail in academia are valid in the real world): www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...
When a fallacy isn’t
Last weekend I saw a set of pictures on Instagram with the lead picture containing the headline “The Ten Most Dangerous Logical Fallacies”. The author, Sahil Bloom (author of a book cal…
www.blogistan.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- When a fallacy isn't (why arguments that fail in academia are valid in the real world): www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...